Parc National de Moukalaba-Doudou | Tourist Attraction

May 19th, 2023 by milliemw23

We also found the people here lovely, and they helped us organise to go see the gorillas without any of the additional costs like transport, accomodation etc that tour companies usually add on. However organisation is slow and difficult because network is very limited in the area, so I would definitely call ahead to try and organise it, and check back with them that it's organised before you arrive. Larissa organises gorilla trips: +241 06 12 41 12

So you can drive yourself, camp, cook your own meals. We did the trip in one day to save cost / time, but this was fairly tiring, because the road to get there (Doussala) is not ideal. Most of it is average quality dirt road, like all roads in Gabon, will be trickier if wet. It took us 3-3.5 hours when dry. Very beautiful drive and lots of wildlife to see, but the problem is the bridges - definitely wouldn't recommend for big rigs. We had some hairy moments and spent a lot of time rebuilding the bridges with spare planks and our bridging ladders. Did see some plank piles about - if they're still there maybe you should expect that the bridges haven't been fixed!

At Doussala, the guides and trackers were very professional and we got to spend a whole hour with the gorillas, a big group of them in the forest. Very special, but also very expensive and a tiring day. It cost 230000 per person.

if this is too expensive for you definitely do as mentioned and drive down to panga. the road is good and it's incredible down there. Afternoon / evening seemed to be the best time for us to spot wildlife there.. good luck!

May 23rd, 2019 by maximilian.erbe

Nice parc office with helpful staff that tries to help you to visit the parc on your individual budget. It's possible to do gorilla Trekkings for 150.000 CFA pp. Since it was too expensive for us, we decided to drive down to Panga to do some game driving for free. Might be worth calling them beforehand to discuss options since not all attractions were doable at the time we were there (e.g. boat tours for hippo watching due to a break down of the boat).

Also allowed us to camp for free on their compound in Tchibanga as well as Panga.

Contact details: [email protected], Gildas Gael Obame Essono, +(241)07276826